cover news reporter Xun Chao intern Mo Molei
On the evening of December 27, the TV series "Flowers", produced and directed by Wong Kar-wai and starring Hu Ge, Ma Yili, Tang Yan and Xin Zhilei, will officially launch. The play is adapted from writer Jin Yucheng's "Five One Project" and the Mao Dun Literary Award-winning novel of the same name. It focuses on the ups and downs of the young people in Shanghai's high-profile business world in the early 1990s.
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"From the age of 30 to 40, flowers bloom and memories surge, Ah Bao, Nong Hao." "Flowers" focuses on Shanghai during the period of great changes in the times, with cross-narratives around Ah Bao (played by Hu Ge) - 20 In the 1990s, Shanghai was full of opportunities and hopes. With the spring breeze of reform and opening up and his own hard work, young Abao became a rising star in the business world, and everyone on the Yellow River road knew it.
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Abao's transformation into "Mr. Bao" is inseparable from the great help of the master uncle (played by You Benchang), the owner of Night Tokyo Lingzi (played by Ma Yili), and the foreign trade building Miss Wang (played by Tang Yan). As the mysterious woman Li Li (played by Xin Zhilei) lands on Huanghe Road, a fashionable restaurant is about to stir up the whole street. It will also make Mr. Bao's career of winning thousands of miles become turbulent and shocking. His relationship with the people around him is also undergoing an unprecedented test. . At the same time, the powerful boss of the Shenzhen stock market will give Abao a fatal blow at any time. Only by moving forward and climbing over the mountains with a pure heart can Abao reach the place where the flowers are everywhere.
It is understood that in order to accurately present the sense of the times behind the story, director Wong Kar-wai has repeatedly refined the script, casting, costumes, lighting and shadow effects, etc. The crew has carried out six years of preparation work, striving to bring the audience to It brings you into the atmosphere of the era of Shanghai's customs, customs and rapid economic development in the 1990s.
"The book "Flowers" has a total of 31 chapters, and there is no coherent story. On the surface, it is about eating and drinking, men and women, but inside it is about mountains and rivers, years and changes in the times." Director Wong Kar-wai said in the trailer, "Words have the advantage of words, and images have images. As a drama, the most ups and downs and most representative character should be Abao." What turned Abao, who had nothing, into the all-powerful President Bao? "It is not mentioned in the book, and the original work does not talk about it. We can fill in the gaps and complement each other."
It is worth mentioning that in addition to the Mandarin version, the Shanghainese version of "Flowers" will also be launched in the near future. The actors said in the latest trailer: "Using Shanghainese to present the story makes the characters more approachable and realistic, and the language expression is more local expressive. It has different flavors from the Mandarin version, but of course it is equally exciting."
Picture according to the film's source
